The Bodine Witch Hunt

[SunsetBengal]

(05-01-2016, 04:15 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: It really should be this simple, if Westerman is better than Bodine then Westerman should be the starter. Unfortunately, our OLine coach wants to continue to allow the weakest link on the OLine to continue to be the starter without question. I see people talking about how competition is great when it comes to Dalton, Peko, Maualuga, Kirkpatrick, Nugent, etc, etc. Question Paul Alexander and they tell you how you know nothing about football. Really?

Alexander needs to replaced, period. Yes, the guy is loyal to his pet shitty players, but that's the issue. He picks these guys like Bodine, Roland, Livings, and backs them to the end. The problem is they're not good. Make no mistake, if Bodine somehow becomes a world beater, I'll be more than happy to eat my words. Looking at Alexander's body of work though, I won't hold my breathe.

Obviously I want Bodine to improve because I want the team to improve. I just don't see it. He may not be the worst in the league, but we just drafted a guy who could probably be better from Day 1 and our OLine Coach had a goddamn meltdown about it. It's nothing personal against Bodine. He's the worst player on the OLine and we drafted someone who should be given the opportunity to compete for that spot. Paul Alexander won't let that happen to his buddy though.

So, you honestly think that a late round Guard, with a questionable scouting report, is able to usurp the guy who has been starting at Center for the past two years? 

I understand your frustration, I really do.  But the fact that they didn't even approach the Center position in this draft should tell you what the team feels about both PA's opinion, and their overall opinion of Bodine.

This team is loyal to players under contract, and as history would dictate, they don't put a whole lot of value on the Center position.  It boggles me, to no end.  However, by criticizing Alexander and Bodine, you might as well be pissing in the wind, uphill, with oncoming traffic watching, and laughing at you..